Safe - Eligh, Jo Wilkinson, Pigeon John

I was in your little belly

You were in Kansas in a hotelly

You were worried cause you were late and he didn’t know

You paced back and forth looking out the window

Make sure he’s not around when you make the phone call

Your hands shaky you don’t know if it’s the wrong call

Already got one angel sleeping quiet on the bed

Innocent child, curly hair on his little head

And you were once one, didn’t know you still were in all

A daughter of a king sitting in a dark ball

Your silhouette shines thin through the curtain

The phone’s to your ear, nothing’s for certain

You got the number, got the plan, hear the dial tone

It sounds loud and it rings through your thin bones

7 digits and the whole deal’s fixed quick

But you’re froze cold, and you feel sick

You looked at your angel again

You slowly put the phone back on its hinge

You lie down right next to my big brother

You try not to cry when you got under covers

You had no money, had no plan, barely had a call

But it was funny you didn’t worry about it all

You fell asleep in your bed with your new son

I felt your hand on my head

It was all done

I love you, yes I love you

I love you, yes I love you

I love you, yes I love you

I love you, yes I love you

Momma, momma, your boy tipped over

But this cross ain’t your burden to shoulder

It’s not your fault that the joker

Can’t find his own way home when he’s sober

Most minutes, strictly business

Wanna do great, wanna make a difference

But when the liquor hits, shifted

Gonna put this any where that it fits

No respect for love and safety

Gave face as a place to hate me

You made me and named me, but have you seen me lately?

I’m not the same baby

Nah

I take the whole blame, I made the choice to try to play this old game

Soul got wet from cold rain

When I meet the devil, I’mma say my full name

Free fell, ain’t a thing to tell

You know this world, and you’ve seen its hell

Chin up, kinda like yourself

Too much pride inside this ain’t a cry for help

I wanna be comfortably numb

And I’m in the cycle with the life I run from

Can’t speak on the crimes I’ve done

I’m afraid that you won’t recognize your son

I love you, yes I love you

I love you, yes I love you

I love you, yes I love you

I love you, yes I love you

Even if I lost my life a million miles from home

My heart would hold you like a locket encrusted in diamonds and chrome

That’s the way I keep from depression under pressure

With bullets whizzing past my ears in this battle zone I’m alone

I love you like the wind, and yes we’ve just begun

The wind because it blows me close to you when I’m on the run

I’m moving through this desert, the sun is chapping my back

Iraq is no joke, I lack, no hope

I’m playing my part, you’re safe in my heart

So keep me on your mind, I’ll keep you in my thoughts

I’m moving through this desert, the sun is chapping my back

Iraq is no joke, I lack, no hope

I’m playing my part, you’re safe in my heart

So keep me on your mind, I’ll keep you in my thoughts

I’m moving through this desert, the sun is chapping my back

So keep me in your mind, I’ll keep you in my thoughts

Pipelines pumping oil or smack

You get rich off my kid’s back

You take my son and make him pay

Keep him harnessed either way

I love you, yes I love you

I love you, yes I love you

Drugs, booze, your dirty war

He’s not sure what life is for

With your greed you keep him bound

He’s so lost he can’t be found

I love you, yes I love you

I love you, yes I love you

A mother knows her child’s true worth

From the very moment she gives birth

The only choice I ever made

To give you life, now how you’ve paid

I love you, yes I love you

I love you, yes I love you

A mother’s love runs deeper still

Than all the oil in all the drills

They may take your body, not your soul

You’re safe in my heart

I won’t let go…

I love you, yes I love you

I love you, yes I love you

Safe, safe in my heart

We’re never apart… I love you, yes I love you…